Grok 4.6 (Medium) vs Hy3
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.6 (Medium) by SpaceXAI or Hy3 by Tencent? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.6 (Medium) scores 17.5 points higher (42.8 vs 25.3) but costs 10× as much to run the benchmark ($1557 vs $150; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.6 (Medium) when you need intelligence above 25.3, and Hy3 when 25.3 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.6 (Medium) | Hy3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 42.8 | 25.3 | −40.9% Hy3 is 40.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,557.04 | $149.61 | −90.4% Hy3 is 90.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 31.37s | 33.13s | +5.6% Hy3 is 5.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.14 / $0.56 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Hy3 vs Grok 4.6 (Medium): 40.9% less intelligence, 90.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 5.6% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.6 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
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